PMID- 20884008
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110405
LR  - 20110214
IS  - 1097-6833 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3476 (Linking)
VI  - 158
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Mar
TI  - Six-minute walk distance in overweight children and adolescents: effects of a 
      weight-reducing program.
PG  - 447-51
LID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.08.020 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess the significance of consecutive six-minute walk tests 
      (6MWTs) during a weight reduction program. STUDY DESIGN: Overweight children and 
      adolescents (n = 113; mean +/- standard deviation age, 12.9 +/- 2.0 years; 64 girls) 
      performed a standardized 6MWT at the beginning and end of an in-patient weight 
      reduction program consisting of exercise, diet, and educational and psychological 
      support. Their 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) was compared with age- and 
      sex-matched normal-weight children (n = 353). RESULTS: Preintervention 6MWD 
      averaged 93% of control subjects (631 +/- 88 m versus 675 +/- 70 m, P < .001) and 
      increased significantly to 667 +/- 90 m (P < .001) after 27 +/- 7 days of 
      intervention (99% of control subjects; P = .260). Participants reduced their body 
      weight from 80.9 +/- 19.8 kg to 75.6 +/- 19.0 kg, body mass index (BMI) percentile 
      from 98.2 +/- 2.1% to 96.8 +/- 3.8%, and BMI-standard deviation score from 2.37 +/- 0.6 
      to 2.13 +/- 0.6 (P < .001 for each variable). BMI-standard deviation score, height, 
      and the change in heart rate during the 6MWT were significant independent 
      predictors of the 6MWD at preintervention and at post intervention time points (P 
      < .001 each). CONCLUSIONS: The 6MWD increases during a weight reduction program, 
      indicating improvement of physical fitness and decreased metabolic demand during 
      daily activities in overweight children. The 6MWT represents a practical and 
      reliable assessment tool for exercise performance in overweight children and 
      adolescents.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Geiger, Ralf
AU  - Geiger R
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Divisions of Cardiology, Pulmology, 
      Allergology, and Cystic Fibrosis, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, 
      Austria. ralf.geiger@i-med.ac.at
FAU - Willeit, Julia
AU  - Willeit J
FAU - Rummel, Meike
AU  - Rummel M
FAU - Hogler, Wolfgang
AU  - Hogler W
FAU - Stubing, Kurt
AU  - Stubing K
FAU - Strasak, Alexander
AU  - Strasak A
FAU - Geiger, Harald
AU  - Geiger H
FAU - Stein, Joerg I
AU  - Stein JI
FAU - Rauchenzauner, Markus
AU  - Rauchenzauner M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pediatr
JT  - The Journal of pediatrics
JID - 0375410
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Exercise Test
MH  - Female
MH  - Germany
MH  - Heart Rate
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Overweight/*therapy
MH  - Physical Fitness
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - *Walking
MH  - *Weight Loss
EDAT- 2010/10/05 06:00
MHDA- 2011/04/06 06:00
CRDT- 2010/10/02 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/07/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/08/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/10/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/10/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/04/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0022-3476(10)00689-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.08.020 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pediatr. 2011 Mar;158(3):447-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.08.020.